Author: Press Room
Say Anything’s Max Bemis has postponed a series of upcoming acoustic performances amid allegations that he sent inappropriate messages to underage fans. On August 29, Say Anything announced on Instagram that Bemis would take a step back “due to the need to prioritize his mental health and personal well-being.”Accusations of inappropriate behavior by Williams were first levied last week, when screenshots of his alleged flirtatious messages with two teenaged fans were shared to the Say Anything subreddit. The allegations have also shed uncertainty on the status of a forthcoming collaborative album between the band and Wavves, Cherry Soda, which is…
A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the remaining claims brought by a wardrobe stylist who said she was subjected to a hostile work environment while working on Lizzo’s 2023 European tour. In a new ruling, a federal judge said Asha Daniels’ case against Lizzo’s touring company, Big Grrrl Big Touring Inc., could not proceed. The judge previously dismissed Lizzo as a defendant in the case. A lawyer for the Grammy-winning singer did not immediately respond to a request for comment. “We are disappointed by the court’s ruling. While we respect the court and the judicial process, we believe the decision…
2010Kesha slurs, squeaks, malfunctions; here, she gets a little staccato with it.2010These are sweet, earnestly lovestruck stutters, the result of Jazmine getting so worked up over impressing a dude that it turns her lips against her.2010Far East Movement: “Like A G6” [ft. Dev & the Cataracs]The cyborgs are getting blitzed now, dousing themselves in oil and grease and draining BuzzBallz till they’re slizzard.2011Katy Perry: “E.T.” [ft. Kanye West]Jonah Weiner declared 2011 “the rise of the stutter in pop music,” and he tracked convulsions everywhere: Coldplay, Drake, Nickelback. At times in “E.T.,” it’s hard to tell what’s an artistic stutter versus…
A Nashville tradition is coming to a New York City media institution. Beginning Sep. 24 at the Paley Center for Media, Southern Rounds: Bringing Nashville to New York will host songwriting workshops and acoustic performances with some famed Music City hitmakers, in partnership with Southern Rounds — essentially replicating the songwriter gatherings that happen nightly in Nashville and have birthed countless country hits. The program is part of a larger focus for the center this year on music initiatives, which will also include live events, showcases, album release events, listening parties, and more. Featured songwriters for the Sep. 24 kickoff…
Miley Cyrus—now just Miley, at least professionally—has a new album on the way. Bass Persuades (say that five times fast) lands September 18 via Atlantic, only a year and change after Cyrus’ last record, Something Beautiful. Check out the cover below.On social media, Cyrus wrote: “Music takes hold of us. We feel it, sing it, sometimes dance to it, let it out and carry on. It is powerful, vulnerable, sweet and strong. Heart full, heartache, every part of life in between. That’s what the title means to me.”Since the release of Something Beautiful, Cyrus has hardly given herself a moment…
Hayley Williams has announced a new run of UK and European solo dates, taking place next summer. The new dates come as an extension of ‘The Hayley Williams Show’ tour – which the singer announced earlier this year by sharing an assortment of sly quips from fans online. Already, the tour has seen her perform across the US and South America, including a slot at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, and now the Paramore frontwoman turned solo icon has announced eight shows on this side of the pond. Kicking off on June 7, the tour opens with a show…
Long Island emo-poppers Oso Oso have announced their new album. Out November 6, An Exchange of Information is set to be the inaugural release on Feral Twin, a new record label founded by Hop Along’s Mark Quinlan. Oso Oso are now signed to the label, too. Below, check out the cover art—featuring a very cute giraffe—and listen to the lead single “Know You Know Me Better.”“I’ve spent most of my life around independent music, as a musician, an agent, a talent buyer, touring, booking shows, and working with artists,” Quinlan said in a press statement. “Feral Twin grew out of…
On April 17, Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed learned some of the worst news that can be given to expecting parents. Their son, who they had chosen to name Rumi, had hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a severe defect which prevents normal development of the heart and would — should he survive birth — require multiple high risk surgeries to repair. The California couple made the gut wrenching decision to terminate the pregnancy at 23 weeks. In ordinary circumstances, the choice would have been their own, but Rumi was being carried by a surrogate. After years of infertility struggles and an…
I didn’t know what to expect when I met Hunter Biden. Would he have the Secret Service with him? Would he be cold? Would he be an asshole? Biden, who is in recovery, was coming on my podcast, Dopey: On the Dark Comedy of Drug Addiction. He is exactly the kind of person I like to have on the show. When I started it in 2016 with my friend Chris O’Connor, our plan was to create a podcast all around the worst things we had ever done in active addiction. Chris wound up relapsing and tragically dying from a fentanyl…
Alex Warren had last year’s biggest hit single with “Ordinary,” a song whose title was a cleverly unflamboyant statement of principle. The 25-year-old California singer-songwriter staked out his turf by taking pride in the ordinariness of his hit, from the mild-mannered vocals to the drama-free sincerity of his romantic imagery. As he declared in his credo of a hook, “We’ll make the mundane our masterpiece.” It was a song that dared you to roll your eyes at it, but then made it feel stupid and obvious to do so. Not a bad trick. But more to the point, it was…
